Andy DiPietro Demonstration Photo Gallery

Posted by on May 30, 2012

The Finger Lakes Woodturners Association hosted Andy DiPietro during April 2012. Andy lectured at our monthly meeting and also performed a day long demonstration of turning one of his signature hollow forms from a piece of wet Pin Oak. Andy also covered selection and cutting of green wood from the tree for best results as well as some of his embellishment and coloring techniques.

We have a gallery of photos from the Saturday demonstration showing various views of his turning, hollowing and embellishment techniques. Please click here to view the gallery.

Finger Lakes Woodturners Association wins AAW Best Chapter Newsletter Contest

Posted by on May 21, 2012

Great news!! The Finger Lakes Woodturners Association has been bestowed another great honor by peers in the the AAW. FLWT has won first place in the Annual Best Chapter Newsletter contest!

This is a testament to the hard work of FLWT Newsletter Editor Ralph Mosher as well as everyone who has participated by submitting articles and other content. This just goes to show that when we look for a volunteer to write an article covering our monthly events your participation does not go unnoticed.

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Congratulations Ralph and all the members of FLWT!

May 2012 Finger Lakes Woodturners Meeting

Posted by on May 11, 2012

Finger Lakes Woodturners will hold our regular May club meeting on Thursday, May 17th. The meeting will be held at our normal meeting location and will begin at 6:00pm with a show and share of members work. A quick business meeting will commence at 6:45pm. Following the business meeting we will have our featured event.

This month will feature Multi-Axis Turning Techniques by FLWT members, Ralph Mosher and Jeffrey Cheramie.

This will be a great opportunity to learn the special techniques used to make some very unique turnings exposing multiple facets. These techniques can be applied to spindle turning projects as well as other things and the demonstration by Ralph and Jeff should serve to get your imaginations rev’d up to try some things on your own. Come out and join us for an informative night, enjoy the company and and learn some great new turning techniques.

Hope you can all make it!

FLWT Hosts Andy DiPietro

Posted by on March 20, 2012

FLWT is hosting national turner Andy DiPietro (www.woodartforms.com) for our April monthly meeting.  Mr. DiPietro is known for his elegant hollow forms with unique surface treatments and dyed colors and he will be speaking at a special Friday evening club meeting on April 20th.  His talk that evening will be on his work and journey through woodturning along with his thoughts on evolving toward a personal style.  On Saturday April 21st, Andy will be demonstrating his techniques for developing a pleasing shape, hollowing and coloring a vessel with dyes.  The Saturday event will be an extended demonstration of all aspects of Andy’s techniques and there will be a lot of interesting information presented for turners of all levels.

Our Friday night meeting starts with a show and share at 6:00pm with a short business meeting and Andy’s lecture beginning at about 6:45pm.  The Saturday demonstration of turning, hollowing and coloring will be from 9:00am until approximately 3:00pm.  We will break for a short lunch during the day but the club will not be providing lunch so please come prepared with your own.  The Friday meeting is of course free and open to all.   The Saturday demonstration is also open to all and is only $35.

Special Friday Night Meeting: April 20th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Saturday Demonstration: April 21st, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

The Friday meeting and the Saturday demonstration will be held at our normal meeting place:

Isaac Heating and Cooling Training Center
180 Charlotte St
Rochester, N.Y.


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Finger Lakes Woodturners Member Visits Byron-Bergen High School

Posted by on March 15, 2012

FLWT member Jerry Sheridan recently visited Byron-Bergen High School to promote the art and craft of woodturning as well as his association with Finger Lakes Woodturners Association.

The visit was documented in The Daily News serving Genesee, Wyoming and Orleans counties.  You can read the full article here.

Thanks to Jerry for his dedication to woodturning, our club and the students of Byron-Bergen High School.

Finger Lakes Woodturners Pen Workshop

Posted by on March 10, 2012

On Saturday March 3rd, FLWT offered a Pen Turning workshop for members. FLWT Board Adviser, Jeffery Cheramie taught the workshop including instruction on how to cut mark and drill the wood blanks for the pens, how to mount the blanks on the pen mandrel, how turn turn the blanks and how to finish and assemble the pens for use.

Participants watched and worked intently along with the help of several FLWT member assistants. At the end of the day, everyone went home with at least one completed pen and parts to make another pen or two and also the tooling necessary to produce pens in the their home shops. Most importantly they all learned and applied new skills at the lathe.

Thanks to all of the participants and member volunteers for their efforts and support and a special thank you to Jeff Cheramie for a fantastic job putting together and teaching a great workshop for the benefit of our membership!

You can see more pictures of the workshop by clicking here.